Lewis Hamilton says he has 'zero ꦆproblems' with Mercedes or Valtteri Bottas after his comments against da𓃲ta sharing between team-mates sparked a heated debate with just a week to go until pre-season testing.

The three-time F1 world champion revealed he was against the practice of data sharing when he was quizzed for what hಌe would change about t๊he sport during a Facebook live interview with sponsor UBS.

"I go out, do my laps, do all my homework and the other guy can see everything and I don't think they should. I have asked my team. I don't want to see my team-mate's. I don't feel it's fair that he brings his A-game and I should be able to study his A-game on a computer," Hamilton said on Frida🃏y.

"Because of this data th♊ey can just copy you. 'Oh, he is braking five metres later there, I'll go out and I'll try braking five metres later'... So that's what I really dislike, because it enables them to get closer."

After these comments fed speculation Hamilton was going to refuse to share data with new team-mate Bottas the British driver has clarified his position via his social media channels and says he has 'zeroꦰ problems' with Mercedes and Bottas.

"I wish to clarify, I have not hit out at my team at all," he said on Twitter. "My point on data sharing is solely my 🍰feelings 𒁃about the sport in general.

"It has ꦦbeen my feeling since the day I started F1 and still is 10 years later. There is zero problems in my team, zero problems with Bottas."

Hamilton will welcome new team-mate Bottas to the Mercedes fold at the team's official F1ꦦ launch at Silverstone on Thursday 23rd February - just four days before the opening pre-season test at Circuit de Catalunya to mark the start of the 2017 F1 season.

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Bottas became a late replacement for Mercedes after world champion Nico Rosberg sh🐬ocked the F1 world by announcing hi♛s retirement just days after clinching the world title in Abu Dhabi.

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